The Seattle Podcasting Network and Meetup had the opportunity to visit Fisher Communications this week. The event was on November 7th (election night), so the news room was buzzing with activity. Our tour, lead by Don LaCombe and Stuart Hitchner, was very interesting given that we were able to see a lot of the election night coverage from behind the scenes. We spent about twenty minutes in the production control room during the evening news watching the talented KOMO team put together a show packed with election and flood coverage. Then we rolled into the Northwest Afternoon Studio, followed by the insert studios at Fisher Pathways. After that, it was on to the Heleport. The group was able to check out the helicopter and walk around it on the catwalk suspended six stories above the Plaza. On a side note, located in the shadow of the Space Needle, the Fisher Plaza Heleport offers a tremendous view of the city! When we came in off of the roof, we went down and visited the news room; which was buzzing with activity as the election results were coming in. Finally, we ended the tour with a brief stop in the news Studio, where we tried out the anchor desk and took advantage of a photo opportunity with Dan Lewis and Kathy Goertzen. Thanks to the great folks at Fisher for the experience!
Attendees Included:
- Philip Lee
- John Fowlkes & Teresa Cook – Jones Radio
- Mike Demers – Pluggd
- Paolo Tosolini – Italy from the Inside
- Julie Dillon – Yoga Butter
- Lacy Bevis – PR Web & PR Web Podcast
- Aaron Apple – Gamespeck & PR Web Podcast
- Lauren Miller – PR Web & Gamespeck
- Chris Cochran – The Car Cast
- Tim Primeaux – 2700 Miles
- Phill Romey – The Philler
- Yaeka Katsuta – The Pitchfork Report
- Gerry Narvaja – Spanish-language MySQL podcast
- Luke Stapley – the Game Addict Hotline
- Jeanne Shimizu
- Stuart Maxwell – The New Big
- Louise Maxwell – Seattle Real Estate Talk
- Travis Petershagen – Crap Monkey Podcast